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Keruing Chogan

Botanical Name: Dipterocarpus rigidus 

Genus: Dipterocarpus 

Family: Dipterocarpaceae 

Native: Peninsula Malaysia, Sarawak & Sabah 

Keruing
Keruing
Keruing
Keruing

Descriptions

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Keruing Chogan is a medium hardwood with strong (strength group of A and B) timber quality. It is a large tree that can grow up to a 50 metres tall with buttresses up to 1 metre tall. It is used for heavy constructions of multi-purposes; e.g. container flooring, railway sleeper, harbour works, bridges, power-lines and telegraph poles.

 

Keruing Chogan is the native habitat to a terrestrial of Malaysia lowland rainforest of the dry coastal hill. It prefers a tropical climate with full sun, well-drained soil and moderate water. Keruing Chogan is critically marked under the status of endangered species due to deforestation. The tree is propagated from seed.

 

 

Bibliography:

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  1. Wong, T. M. 1982. A Dictionary of Malaysian Timbers. Revised by Lim, S. C. & Chung, R. C. K. Malayan Forest Records No. 30. Kuala Lumpur: Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 201 pp.

  2. https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/Special-Pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=2984 [Accessed: 5.8.19]

  3. https://www.nparks.gov.sg/gardens-parks-and-nature/heritage-trees/ht-2016-2804. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/29497. [Accessed: 8.8.19]

  4. https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/26966. [Accessed: 8.8.19]

  5. https://www.timberpolis.co.uk/s307701/Kempas-Koompassia-malaccensis. [Accessed: 8.8.19]

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